Year: 2020
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Coronavirus live updates: 100% of New York workforce must stay home
mrtom-uk/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of novel coronavirus has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 people worldwide, mostly in Italy and China. The new respiratory virus, known officially as COVID-19, has reached every continent [Read More…]
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Miami mayor’s message to spring breakers amid coronavirus pandemic: It’s ‘worth going back home’
ABC News(MIAMI) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who recently tested positive for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, shared a piece of advice to young people who are ignoring social distancing recommendations and gathering on the beaches [Read More…]
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COVID-19 impacting veterans services
The COVID-19 virus concerns are impacting some veterans services. Davison County Veterans Service officer Craig Bennett says the VA hospital in Sioux Fall is open, and is checking anyone coming in, but not allowing visitors [Read More…]
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Operation Weed Eradication Radio Road Show 3/20/20
BASF is leading an initiative to defend acres in new ways and eradicate pigweeds on the farm. Operation Weed Eradication takes a balanced approach of utilizing cultural and mechanical practices, chemical control and eradication diligence [Read More…]
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RFA officials warn of ‘potential collapse’ of ethanol industry
The coronavirus and its deep impact on the energy markets has hit the ethanol industry hard. Renewable Fuels Association CEO Geoff Cooper says the industry needs help. “To help our industry survive these disastrous market [Read More…]
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Flood Warning issued March 20 at 8:34AM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in South Dakota…Iowa… Big Sioux River Near Brookings Big Sioux River above Hawarden Big Sioux River At Akron Little Sioux River near Milford
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Global coronavirus death toll surpasses 10,000, California governor asks all 39M residents to stay at home
narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of novel coronavirus, which began in China just three months ago, has tightened its grip around Europe and North America. The new respiratory virus, known officially as COVID-19, has spread [Read More…]
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Coronavirus live updates: At least 200 dead in US, Tax Day pushed back
mrtom-uk/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of novel coronavirus has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 people worldwide, mostly in Italy and China. The new respiratory virus, known officially as COVID-19, has reached every continent [Read More…]
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US financial markets rise after volatile week
Chaay_Tee/iStock(NEW YORK) — U.S. financial markets opened up slightly on Friday, possibly on news of government actions taken to help quell investors’ ongoing anxieties over the coronavirus crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average saw an [Read More…]
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Italy’s coronavirus death toll surpasses China’s as doctors plead for more aid
CasPhotography/iStock(NEW YORK) — The coronavirus death toll in Italy surpassed China’s for the first time, becoming the first country to do so, as the prime minister announced that a task force of 300 volunteer doctors [Read More…]
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Storm moves east with damaging winds, flash flooding and threat for tornadoes
ABC News(NEW YORK) — In the last 24 hours, damaging storms were reported from Texas to Iowa and all the way to Ohio. Reports of property damage were widespread in Arkansas, Illinois and Oklahoma. There [Read More…]
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Futures on US financial markets point to opening bump
Chaay_Tee/iStock(NEW YORK) — U.S. financial markets were set to open higher on Friday, possibly on news of government actions taken to help quell investors’ ongoing anxieties over the coronavirus crisis. Futures on the Dow Jones [Read More…]
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Automakers offer to build ventilators as US faces critical shortage
Traimak_Ivan/iStock(NEW YORK) — Two U.S. automakers could soon reopen their idled factories and call back workers to manufacture what America desperately needs now: lifesaving ventilator machines. As the number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases continues [Read More…]
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US evacuating Americans from Morocco, as bans to block virus strand thousands abroad
KeithBinns/iStock(NEW YORK) — The U.S. has arranged chartered flights to evacuate Americans out of Morocco, according to an alert sent by the embassy and obtained by ABC News. Hundreds of Americans have been stuck in [Read More…]
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Isolation of families for COVID-19 raises concerns about domestic violence
smolaw11/iStock(NEW YORK) — As schools across the country close and employees are encouraged to work from home in order to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, some experts are concerned about an increase in [Read More…]
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Coronavirus patient: It’s ‘frustrating’ spring breakers aren’t practicing social distancing
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Scores of people across the United States are currently following the advice of public health officials, hunkering down in their homes in an effort to prevent the spread of the novel [Read More…]
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Coronavirus live updates: Quarantined cruise ship passengers reportedly refuse tests
mrtom-uk/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of novel coronavirus has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 people worldwide, mostly in Italy and China. The new respiratory virus, known officially as COVID-19, has reached every continent [Read More…]
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Global coronavirus death toll surpasses 10,000, California governor asks all 39M residents to stay at home
narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of novel coronavirus, which began in China just three months ago, has tightened its grip around Europe and North America. The new respiratory virus, known officially as COVID-19, has spread [Read More…]
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Winter Weather Advisory issued March 19 at 6:48PM MDT until March 20 at 12:00AM MDT by NWS
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY… * WHAT…Snow. Additional snow accumulations of one to two inches possible, especially south of Interstate 90 in South Dakota and near Interstate 90 in [Read More…]
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Maryland veterinary clinic using ‘curbside check-in’ to stem coronavirus
Becky Perlow/ABC News(NEW YORK) — Amid the closure of restaurants and restrictions on nursing homes, veterinary practices are also starting to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. One clinic in Maryland is taking steps [Read More…]